Next week, there is a major event you don’t want to miss: a special NewTech demo, with a new and exciting event just before it called MTL Startup Talent.
#MTLStartupTalent aims to connect companies that are hiring with talent looking for employment. This event will bring together startups and early stage companies working with cutting edge technologies, all looking to hire the best in Web, Mobile Development, Design, Blogging, Marketing, Sales, Advertising and Social Media. For individuals, this event will offer employment opportunities while increasing awareness of the growing opportunities within exciting local startups and established tech companies. It will demonstrate the dynamism and diversity of Montreal’s startup community and how rapidly it is growing.
Here’s what you can expect:
- Access to great job opportunities at great companies
- A chance to converse with an employee or founder and start to build a relationship
- A casual (yet serious) environment to network with others in your field of interest
Tech firms, startups and seekers are invited to submit an application for attendance.
As mentioned earlier, the event will be organized immediately before and in conjunction with the #MTLNewTech demos which always draw a crowd. There’s already 140 people registered just for MTLStartupTalent, and with the NewTech crowd, organizers are expecting a 250 to 300 crowd for the evening, with a good percentage of students from the 4 universities and schools + also developers from local groups.
The main event sponsor is RadialPoint — a fast-growing company looking for talented pythonistas and software engineers
Other main companies at the event are 2 Bolidea companies, Feeling Software, Whatsnexx, Crowdtwist and airblazer. Of course, there are many new startups looking for key collaborators and early employees (I’ve counted 14), meaning there won’t be a shortage of opportunities at MTL Startup Talent.
The event has reached out openly to various groups in Montreal (Montreal.rb, MontrealPython, phpQuebec and new groups such as fringedev), as well as universities such as Concordia, UdeM, UQAM, McGill as well as dedicated engineering schools such as ETS and SUPINFO. Of course the event is not limited to developers, and designers, experienced marketers, copywriters, salespersons are warmly welcomed — making it a special and unique event in Montreal.
The NewTech presentations (see here how it works), where 4 to 5 startups are launched every month, with a formula of 5mn presentation + 5mn Q&A is also scheduled at 7.30pm in the evening. Let us know if you want to present, we still have 1 (or 2) slot available.
